Scots Church | |
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Scots Church Sydney | |
33°51′53″S 151°12′21″E / 33.8648°S 151.2058°E | |
Location | 42-44 Margaret Street, Sydney central business district, New South Wales |
Country | Australia |
Denomination | Presbyterian |
Tradition | Trinitarian, Bible-based |
Website | scotschurchsydney |
History | |
Status | Church |
Founded |
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Founder(s) |
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Associated people | John Dunmore Lang (Founding Pastor, served for 55 years) |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) |
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Architectural type | Church |
Style | Inter-War Gothic Revival |
Administration | |
Division | New South Wales |
Presbytery | Sydney |
Parish | Scots Church Sydney |
New South Wales Heritage Database (Local Government Register) | |
Official name | Scots Church including interior |
Type | Local heritage (built) |
Designated | 14 December 2012 |
Reference no. | 2423854 |
Builders | Beat Bros. |
The Scots Church Sydney is an active congregation of the Presbyterian Church in Australia. The historic Presbyterian church located at 42–44 Margaret Street on the corner of York Street, in the Sydney central business district, in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Rosenthal, Rutledge & Beattie and built by Beat Bros in 1929. Since 2005, the 1929 building has supported a high rise apartment building on top of it, designed by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer.
The 1929 building replaced an earlier 1824 church on an adjacent site - the first Presbyterian church in Sydney, founded by John Dunmore Lang - which was resumed and demolished for construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Wynyard railway station.[1]